Nickel 718 vs. S66286 Stainless Steel
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S66286 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is S66286 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 760 | |
| 240 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 620 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 280 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 190 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 13 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 49.1 to 59.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 1.9 to 2.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |